ItsGoin is an open source project that welcomes contributors of all kinds.
ItsGoin was built by a network/tech web dev and junior programmer who's been vibe-coding well beyond his skill level with the help of AI. The architecture is ambitious — a fully decentralized social network with mesh routing, NAT traversal, envelope encryption, and a CDN tree — and it actually works.
But "works" and "works well" are different things. The codebase needs experienced eyes. There are rough edges, performance opportunities, and entire planned features that need real expertise to do right.
If you find that interesting rather than terrifying, you're exactly who we need.
The design document is comprehensive — it covers every protocol message, every architectural decision, and what's planned next. Start here to understand what you're looking at.
The full source is on our self-hosted Forgejo instance. Fork it, poke around, open issues, submit pull requests.
The Discord is where we discuss design decisions, report bugs, coordinate work, and generally hang out. It's small right now — that means your voice matters more.
The core library (crates/core) is ~15K lines of Rust handling networking, sync, encryption, and storage. If you know Rust and are interested in P2P systems, there's plenty to dig into — performance tuning, error handling, protocol edge cases.
The UI is plain HTML/CSS/JS with no build step — intentionally simple. But simple doesn't mean it can't be better. The frontend talks to the Rust backend through Tauri IPC commands.
Download the app, use it with friends, and tell us what breaks. Real-world testing across different networks, NAT types, and devices is invaluable. Bug reports on the Forgejo issue tracker or Discord are hugely helpful.
We're doing envelope encryption, group keys, ed25519 signatures, X25519 DH key exchange. If you have cryptography experience, we'd love a review of the implementation.
Not a coder? That's fine. Help improve docs, suggest features, find UX problems, write tutorials. Every perspective helps.
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Core library | Rust (~15K lines) |
| P2P networking | iroh 0.96 (QUIC + mDNS) |
| Storage | SQLite |
| Encryption | ChaCha20-Poly1305 + X25519 |
| Desktop/mobile | Tauri v2 |
| Frontend | Plain HTML/CSS/JS (no framework, no build step) |
| Platforms | Android, Linux (AppImage) |
| Code hosting | Forgejo (self-hosted) |
ItsGoin is licensed under Apache 2.0. Use it, fork it, build on it. The only requirement is that you keep the license notice.